Windshield swipe



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Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character formed from a single blank of sheet metal and so shaped that side walls thereof will have a special curvature imparted to them and have their edges of a shape similar to the cutting edge of a chisel, so that during use of the device the blades formed by its side walls will very easily scrape ice or frozen snow from the windshield.

It is another object of the invention to provide means for securing the device to a mounting arm or rod and preventing the device from moving out of its proper relation. to the arm.

Another object of the invention is to provide side walls of the device with such a curvature that when the device is in use the side walls will have a spring action and cause the chisel-like edges to be pressed firmly against the glass to be cleared of ice.

Another object of the invention is to provide rubber shoes that are retained in position on the blades by friction, and applied to the windshield in mild weather for removing rain or fog.

The invention is illustrated in the accompany ing drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the windshield swipe.

Figure 2 isa sectional view taken along the line 22 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating the manner in which edges of the side walls of the device engage and remove ice from a windshield.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the improved windshield swipe having rubber shoes mounted thereon.

Figure 5 is a sectional viewupon an enlarged scale taken along the line 5-! or Figure 4, showing the rubber shoes attached.

improved This improved swipe, which is indicated in general by the numeral I, is formed from a sheet metal blank which is folded along longitudinally extending lines to provide a bridge or back 2 having side walls or blades 3 extending from opposite sides thereof. The walls or blades 3 extend from the back or bridge at substantially right angles thereto, and then merge into arouate portions 3' terminating at the free side edges of the walls, and upon referring to Figures 2 and 3 it will be seen that the free edges of the hladm are beveled from their inner and outer faces as shown at '4 and B, to provide sharpened edgm t resembling the sharpened edge of a chisel or plane. The curvature of the walls or blades 3 which are resilient causes them to be flexed somewhat when they are pressed against a windshield glass 1 coated with ice 8. and .the sharp edges formed along the blades by the intersecting faces 4 and 5 will be held in close contacting engage-= ment with the surface of the glass throughout the length of the device. Referring particularly to Figure 4 it will be seen that the blades only have contact with the glass 1 along their sharp ened edges and the curvature of the blades is such that when the device is in use and moved transversely, first in one direction and then. in theopposite direction, one blade will have push= ing engagement with the margin of the ice and tend to out under the ice and force it away from the surface of the glass. During a reverse movement, the blade which has been in operation will slide freely over the glassjand any ice which it failed to dislodge during its movement in a scraping direction and act upon this ice when again moved in a scraping direction.

The ice removing device is to be connected I with an operating arm or rod 9 of resilient metal, and in order to do so, there has been provided a fastener ill in the form of a sheet metal key having an eye II from which extend arms l2. These arms are passed outwardly through a slot 833 formed in the bridge 2 longitudinally thereof, and then passed through a slot or opening id formed in the flattened 'end portion I5 oi the rod 9 and spread, as shown in Figure 2, so that the ice re= moving device will be firmly held in place and prevented from turning out or a position in which it extends longitudinally of the arm and parallel thereto. The fact that the rod or arm 9 is resilient causes it to assist in holding the sharp= ened edges or the blades 3 firmly against the glass to be cleared of ice and since turning of the device out of a position longitudinally of the rod is prevented, movement of the device will always be transversely of itself and a good scraping action take place. The ice will, therefore, be easily and quickly removed from the glass. During the milder weather rubber shoes l6, having slots Ill. are stretched over the lower portion of the blades 3 and are held in position by friction. Wedge shaped edges l8 are provided for contacting the windshield ll. It will he therefore obvious that this shoe will be equally efiective in removing snow, mud, rain, fog, or any substance which and constituting blades, said blades having porlo tions extending from the bridge at substantially right angles thereto and merging into transversely arcuate portions terminating at free side edges of the blades, and rubber shoes mounted upon the blades in covering relation to the free edge portions thereof. the free side edges of the shoes being beveled from their inner and outer faces to provide sharpened edges for the shoes.

EDWIN COUTTS. 

